In a recent interview with Axios, Erik Nisbet, Director of Northwestern University’s Center for Communication & Public Policy (CCPP) and Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication, argues that Indiana’s decision not to pursue mid-decade redistricting could have ripple effects far beyond the state. According to Nisbet, Indiana’s move may “stop or at
Applications are now open for a Postdoctoral Research Opportunity to join the Global LLM Values Benchmarking Working Group, a major interdisciplinary initiative in which CCPP is participating, supported by the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. This position is part of the previously announced Buffett-supported grant advancing global benchmarks for evaluating large language models (LLMs)
The Center for Communication and Public Policy (CCPP) is part of an interdisciplinary Northwestern team that has received a $200,000 award from the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs to support the Global LLM Values Benchmarking Working Group. The project includes CCPP Director Erik Nisbet and CCPP faculty affiliate Yingdan Lu, who join collaborators across communication,
The Center for Communication & Public Policy (CCPP) is proud to celebrate the outstanding work of our graduate affiliates presenting at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR), held November 21–22 in Chicago. This year’s conference theme — “Fifty Years of Measuring Change: Where we were, where we are,
CCPP Faculty Affiliate Olga Kamenchuk, Associate Professor of Research Methodology and International Communication at Northwestern University, was recently interviewed (see below) by prominent Russian journalist, dissident, and opposition commentator Stanislav Kucher on his widely viewed YouTube program. Kucher is known for his outspoken criticism of the Kremlin, his incisive interviews, and his long-form political analysis,
CCPP Director Erik Nisbet Interviewed by BBC on California Redistricting Vote and Its National Implications November 5, 2025 CCPP Director and Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication Erik C. Nisbet was interviewed by the BBC for their coverage of California voters’ recent approval of a ballot measure allowing mid-decade redistricting. This move
As debates over political maps intensify ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, CCPP Director and Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication Erik C. Nisbet was featured and quoted in a recent Los Angeles Times article examining the growing trend of mid-decade redistricting efforts in both Republican- and Democratic-led states. In the article,
In a February 2025 televised interview with CBS Evening News, CCPP Director Erik C. Nisbet, Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication at Northwestern University, analyzed a familiar Republican communication strategy: framing opposition to federal programs around claims of fraud, waste, and abuse. At the time, Nisbet explained how the heavy repetition of
A recent WGN Investigates segment, “It’s Not Just National Political Figures Facing Fury — Local Leaders Also Under Threat,” featured insights from Erik Nisbet, Director of CCPP and Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis & Communication at Northwestern University. The news segment examines the growing number of threats, intimidation, and harassment targeting local officials
CCPP Graduate Affiliate Chloe Mortenson and CCPP Director Erik C. Nisbet recently had their co-authored article, “Benefit-Seekers or Principle-Holders? Experimental Evidence on Americans’ Democratic Trade-Offs,” accepted for publication in Perspectives on Politics. Their study investigates how Americans navigate trade-offs between core democratic principles, such as political equality, rule of law, and freedom of expression, and
